MegaMillions tonight!

[edbermac]

$586 million!

[Agschmid]

1. Yes I will be buying my tickets today!

[FatBuddy]

2. none of you will win

just sayin'

[Chan790]

4. I already won the $10 I'm not spending on lottery tickets.

I'm taking my prize and going to IHOP.

[FatBuddy]

5. eggs-zactly!

[The2ndWheel]

9. The money I spent on the ticket

was sitting in drawer for who knows how long.

[Iggo]

11. Yer hoping.

[Incitatus]

16. I am going to win.

Then I will wake up, say "goddamnit" and go to work.

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. $636 mil now. N/t

[B Calm]

6. If no one wins they are predicting it'll go over a BILLION DOLLARS!

[pinboy3niner]

8. I'm biding my time until then

Gonna strike while the iron is HOT, baby!

[sharp_stick]

13. Now that's using the ol' noggin

I think I'll do the same and wait until it's worth my while.

[Jenoch]

14. They predict that 70% of the numbers combinations will be sold for tonight's drawing.

That $1 billion estimate was if there was no winner tonight AND for Friday's drawing. If they estimate 70% of the combinations will be sold for tonight, I would guess that 90% will be sold on Friday. The odds are pretty good that the numbers will be drawn tonight. I would guess there will be 2 or 3 winning tickets.

[In_The_Wind]

7. I'll be going out to buy tickets today.

Dreaming of all my problems being easier to solve with that kind of money ...

[Vashta Nerada]

10. It could hit a billion dollars on Friday if no one wins it.

I don't ever play the lottery, but I'm tempted to tonight!

[Earth_First]

12. I purchased $10 worth total...

I went in for $2 on a few lottery pools, and purchased $3 worth with change from a coffee purchase this morning.

It is what it is.

That kind of money is life-changing.

That type of money is generational.

The amount of good that can be done at the not-for-profit level is game-changing.

A lot of good can come of that money in the right hands.

Good luck to those who put a few dollars in at a chance to change lives...

[Jenoch]

15. Personally, I would rather win

a jackpot with an after tax winning of something between 10 and 20 million. That is life and generational changing without the pressure of hundreds of millions of dollars.

I used to work for a PR firm that did a lot of work with a state lottery. What I learned is that the big money doesn't change people so much as it magnifies their existing personality traits. If someone is basically a good person, they will become a better person. If someone is basically a bad person, they will become even worse.

If I ever did win a substantial amount of money, I'd set up some sort of charitable foundation and have it overseen by a law firm. Whenever anyone asked for money, I'd tell them to contact the foundation. Of course, this would not apply to close friends and family members.

[edbermac]

17. I won!

Absolutely nothing!